Panasonic and UNESCO Jointly Release New 2015 World Heritage Calendar Application

TOKYO - Friday, December 26th 2014 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- The UNESCO World Heritage Centre and Panasonic Corporation announced the release of the new 2015 World Heritage calendar application for PCs and tablets. The calendar application is available in five languages (Japanese, English, French, Chinese and Spanish).

After installing the application on a PC or tablet, the user can enjoy stunning photographs of World Heritage sites from around the world. January features a photograph of Shiretoko, which is one of the World Heritage Sites in Japan. The calendar also includes fun facts and trivia about World Heritage sites, and the pictures can be viewed as a slideshow. The application was developed as an educational tool for the UNESCO Associated Schools Project Network of more than 9,000 educational institutions in 180 countries, and Panasonic plans to enhance the content of the calendar in the future.

UNESCO and Panasonic have created wall calendars since 1995 and, in addition, an application version since 2010 with the aim of promoting environmental education through the protection of World Heritage sites. The application version includes content that is not available in the print version, such as informative games and other information related to World Heritage sites.

Learn more Panasonic + UNESCO The World Heritage 2015 Web Calendar http://panasonic.net/promotion/UNESCO_worldheritage_calendar/en/index.html

Download For PC: http://panasonic.net/promotion/UNESCO_worldheritage_calendar/en/download/download.html For iPad/Android: http://panasonic.net/promotion/UNESCO_worldheritage_calendar/en/ipad_app.html

Select Language English: http://panasonic.net/promotion/UNESCO_worldheritage_calendar/en/index.html Français: http://panasonic.net/promotion/UNESCO_worldheritage_calendar/fr/index.html Español: http://panasonic.net/promotion/UNESCO_worldheritage_calendar/sp/index.html 中文: http://panasonic.net/promotion/UNESCO_worldheritage_calendar/cn/index.html 日本語: http://panasonic.net/promotion/UNESCO_worldheritage_calendar/jp/index.html

Related Links: Panasonic World Heritage Special http://panasonic.net/promotion/worldheritage/ The Government of Indonesia, UNESCO, Panasonic Join Hands to Support Environmental Conservation and Education for the Next Generation (Dec 18, 2014) http://news.panasonic.net/archives/2014/1218_30475.html

Source: http://news.panasonic.net/archives/2014/1225_30529.html

Photos/Multimedia Gallery Available: http://www.businesswire.com/multimedia/home/20141225005010/en/

Contacts

Panasonic Corporation

Global Communication Group

Public Relations Office

+81-3-3574-5729

presscontact@ml.jp.panasonic.com